Can climate change affect our mental health?

6 Minute English

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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How can you protect your mental health from the impacts of climate change?

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0:00.0	6 Minute English from BBC LearningEnglish.com.
0:07.4	Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Beth.
0:13.0	And I'm Neil. Today we're going to talk about climate change and how it can affect people's mental health.
0:20.2	Natural disasters and the impacts of climate change can be stressful, isn't that right, Beth?
0:25.2	Yeah, definitely.
0:26.8	In today's episode, we're going to find out about how people can protect their mental health
0:32.4	from the impacts of climate change.
0:35.0	We'll be hearing from a psychiatry expert and a man who survived a wildfire
0:39.7	and helped rebuild his town. But first, Beth, I have a question for you. Scientists aren't
0:45.7	always sure whether natural disasters like floods and wildfires are as a result of human-caused
0:51.9	climate change. But in January 2025, big wildfires affected big parts of Los Angeles in California.
1:00.2	But according to the research organisation, World Weather Attribution,
1:04.5	human-caused climate change made the fires, A, 10% more likely,
1:09.8	B, 35% more likely, or C, 20% less likely?
1:14.8	I'm going to say 10% more likely.
1:17.8	Okay, well, we'll find out the answer at the end of the programme.
1:21.9	Now, natural disasters like floods and wildfires can destroy homes and communities.
1:26.9	People who live in areas affected
1:29.3	by natural disasters can often experience climate trauma. Trauma is what we call the very bad
1:35.8	and long-lasting emotional effects of an event or experience. Professor Jotty Mishra is an expert in
1:42.7	climate trauma at the University of California.
1:45.7	She explained more about the condition to Greya Jackson,
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